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The Walking Dead Thread!
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--- Quote from: CellarDweller on April 04, 2016, 02:59:31 pm ---Yeah, it was quite the episode, and I'm still not sure who got it.
I don't think the group is going to get 'resuced'....I think Neagan will let them go. He specificially stated he was only going to kill one of them.
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Oh yeah, that's right. They'll have to stage a revolution at some point, I guess.
--- Quote --- I keep thinking on how the cast keeps calling it a "dark" episode, and one of the darkest things that could be done is kill a pregnant woman.
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Yes, either a pregnant woman or a kid.
It was pretty dark for TWD, in any case: Carol getting shot/tortured, Neagan's gang closing in, and *somebody* getting gratuitously killed in that horrible way.
But if the cast made it sound like it was even darker than it seemed, I'd say it would be either Maggie, Carl or at the very least someone from the original group. It wouldn't be Abraham or Eugene or Rosita, for example.
CellarDweller:
Let's review.
At the season finale, we had 11 survivors from our team kneeling in front of Neagan. Rick, Michonne, Glenn, Daryl, Rosita, Carl, Maggie, Aaron, Eugene, Abraham, and Sasha.
Morgan and Carol are safe, because they're 'off-site' with the new group from the comic series, "The Kingdom".
Rick & Carl are safe, that is a given, leaving us 9 possible victims. Rosita and Aaron haven't had enough time to become a fan favorite, so I don't think it's one them, bringing us down to 7.
Michonne, Glenn, Daryl, Maggie, Eugene, Abraham, and Sasha
They just killed off Rick's last love interest, so I think Michonne is safe. For some reason, I don't think Sasha is on the chopping block yet. Which leaves 5.
Glenn, Daryl, Maggie, Eugene, Abraham. Eugene and Abraham have both become fan faves, however, Eugene was beaten up by the Saviors already, so I don't think that Neagan would want "sloppy seconds". In the comics, Abraham dies by an arrow through the eye, which the good doctor took in his place a few episodes ago, so it could be Abraham.
Glenn & Maggie have been here since the beginning. Losing either would be a blow to fans, and with Maggie being pregnant, it would be a cruel, harsh death. However, it is Glenn that faces this death in the comics.
This leaves Daryl. A Daryl death would gut the show, and since he's not in the comic book, he could face this death. The one thing that may save Daryl now is that the network has so much merchandise with Daryl Dixon on it, to kill him off makes no sense.
I think it's one of the following three: Abraham, Glenn or Maggie.
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--- Quote from: CellarDweller on April 04, 2016, 06:38:36 pm ---Let's review.
At the season finale, we had 11 survivors from our team kneeling in front of Neagan. Rick, Michonne, Glenn, Daryl, Rosita, Carl, Maggie, Aaron, Eugene, Abraham, and Sasha.
Morgan and Carol are safe, because they're 'off-site' with the new group from the comic series, "The Kingdom".
Rick & Carl are safe, that is a given, leaving us 9 possible victims. Rosita and Aaron haven't had enough time to become a fan favorite, so I don't think it's one them, bringing us down to 7.
Michonne, Glenn, Daryl, Maggie, Eugene, Abraham, and Sasha
They just killed off Rick's last love interest, so I think Michonne is safe. For some reason, I don't think Sasha is on the chopping block yet. Which leaves 5.
Glenn, Daryl, Maggie, Eugene, Abraham. Eugene and Abraham have both become fan faves, however, Eugene was beaten up by the Saviors already, so I don't think that Neagan would want "sloppy seconds". In the comics, Abraham dies by an arrow through the eye, which the good doctor took in his place a few episodes ago, so it could be Abraham.
Glenn & Maggie have been here since the beginning. Losing either would be a blow to fans, and with Maggie being pregnant, it would be a cruel, harsh death. However, it is Glenn that faces this death in the comics.
This leaves Daryl. A Daryl death would gut the show, and since he's not in the comic book, he could face this death. The one thing that may save Daryl now is that the network has so much merchandise with Daryl Dixon on it, to kill him off makes no sense.
I think it's one of the following three: Abraham, Glenn or Maggie.
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I thought you read the comics, so who gets hit by Lucille in the comics? I heard it was Glenn. In any event it was a rather disappointing episode. It could easily have been edited down to one hour. Not impressed.
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It will not be Daryl. I guarantee that. As I'm sure I've said before, it would be like if "Happy Days" had killed off Fonzie. However, right after the show I tweeted that part of me hoped it was Daryl so I could quit watching. ;D
Chuck, I agree with your analysis: Abraham, Glenn or Maggie. However, I'd tentatively eliminate Maggie because if she dies now, what was the point of having her experience pregnancy complications? (OK, I know, as an excuse to get them out of Alexandria, but still.) What was the point of even having her get pregnant in the first place? I think pregnant Maggie bravely soldiering on without Glenn next season would be a more poignant situation than the other way around.
I think Glenn is more likely than Abraham simply because his death carries more weight. The cast members said it was a very dark episode. Abraham hasn't been around long enough for his death to be super shocking and tragic. He's one of those in betweeners -- we know him well enough for his death to matter, but not enough to warrant a season-finale cliffhanger.
So my money's on Glenn. Frankly, I've never been the hugest Glenn fan anyway, so I could live with that.
I saw some recapper argue that they shouldn't have made it a cliffhanger -- that it would have been more powerful if we'd known who it was and had until the next season to mull over the tragedy. Whereas now we're all curious but by next fall, the revelation of the victim will be sort of anticlimactic.
I'm not sure I totally agree with that, but I don't totally disagree either.
CellarDweller:
--- Quote from: oilgun on April 04, 2016, 10:38:49 pm ---I thought you read the comics, so who gets hit by Lucille in the comics? I heard it was Glenn. In any event it was a rather disappointing episode. It could easily have been edited down to one hour. Not impressed.
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Hello Gil,
I don't read the comics, but I do very loosely follow the storyline online. In the comics it is Glenn who gets the bat.
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